Northern Ireland’s biggest businesses have seen profits rising by more than 26%, Ulster Business can reveal.
The Ulster Business Top 100 Northern Ireland Companies 2025, in association with KPMG, charts the success stories of our largest businesses – ranked by turnover.
Sales remained almost flat, comparing results year-on-year – sitting at a total of £35.6bn.
Read more: Ulster Business Top 100 2025: Profits of NI’s biggest companies soar by 26%
Boardroom bands are imposed by the High Court
Meanwhile, more than 30 people in Northern Ireland have received boardroom bans due to misusing Covid-era loans, with more than 100 further cases currently being investigated, Business Telegraph can reveal.
There have been 34 people disqualified from serving as a company director due to the misuse of Covid Bounce Back Loans —UK Government-backed lending to provide emergency funding for businesses during the pandemic.
Director disqualifications are court orders that prevent individuals from serving as the director of a company for a set period.
Read more: 34 people in NI hit with boardroom bans for Covid loan misuse
Mark Lee, Sysco
Sysco Ireland has huge potential for growth in Northern Ireland, says its chief executive Mark Lee.
The company, part of US giant Sysco, entered the Ireland market in 2009 with the purchase of Pallas Foods.
Three years later, it crossed the border when it acquired Crossgar Food Service.
Read more: Food company aiming to double size of NI business after £23m investment
Juice Jar founder Sam Shephard
A Belfast-based chain of juice and smoothie shops is set to open in the east of the city in the coming months, Business Telegraph can reveal.
The Juice Jar will set up in Ballyhackamore, while the company will also soon launch a new store in Dublin. Its second location in Dublin will open up on Aungier Street, close to its other site on Dawson Street.
Sam Shephard, Juice Jar founder, said the company’s rapid growth was being powered by customer demand.
Read more: ‘Big names’ predicted to halt Ballyhackamore ‘downer’ as chain set to open new shop
Ballylumford power station
Northern Ireland’s largest power station wants to build a major new battery energy storage facility close to its Co Antrim base, it can be revealed.
EP Ballylumford, the firm behind Ballylumford power station outside Islandmagee, is now planning to develop a 300MW battery energy storage system (BESS).
That would include a site with battery units, transformers, switch rooms, a substation and control room.
Read more: NI’s biggest power station planning major new battery storage scheme
The average house price in NI has risen
The average house price in Northern Ireland has gone up 3% in the last year to £215,713, a report has said.
The NI quarterly house price index for April to June said buyer and seller confidence appeared “resilient,” with steady growth across most regions and types of houses.
The index is based on surveys of estate agents and produced by Ulster University and the NI Housing Executive.
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